Special Blog Post - Carla van der Merwe

So this year’s special blog posts got a lot of positive
feedback and I am proud to share another one with you today.

Carla van der Merwe, or better known as Petro in 7de Laan, is
an open-mined, positive and passionate young lady. Her answers from the questionnaire portrayed
her fashion sense as laid back with a “girl next door” type of image. She said that she always liked more
comfortable fashion instead of structured clothing items like pencil skirts and
blazers. As an actress she is very busy
and seldom has enough time on her hands to consult a large amount of fashion
magazines, so she uses Pinterest as her primary source for keeping up to date
on the latest fashion trends as it requires little effort. She also likes shopping at a variety of
retail stores.

This is a photo Phillip Rabie recently posted, showing the
close resemblances between Carla and Emily van Camp or better known as Amanda
Clark / Emily Thorne from the popular American ABC series, Revenge.

Carla likes light colours such as white, baby blue/ pink etc.
This is a perfect choice as it compliments her complexion. Her favourite time
of the day is dusk as it reminds her of another day that comes to an end; she
also describes it as “peaceful and exciting at the same time”.

When I asked Carla if she could visit any place in the world,
where would it be, and her answer was Monaco.
I then used this as one of the inspirations for her outfit. That, and of course, the dusky time of
day.

So I decided to style a look for later afternoon, drinking
cocktails with her friends. I tried to
keep this look feminine, but not too “girly”.
I decided on the following items:

First of all, the distressed, dark wash skinny jeans were a
perfect fit for her. Combining it with
the Crust Vest in silver, it still keeps her looking ladylike, without going
too extreme. The Utopia High Vamp heels
and Vogue-printed clutch keeps this look young.
Because of the fact that the top and clutch is already eye catching, I
decided to keep the accessories to a minimum by just adding the Pearl Drop
Earrings. Finish this look of with a
nude/pink nail polish and a fresh flower/mint scented fragrance.

A-List Crush Vest in Silver available at Spree for R 369,
00.

Dark wash distressed jeans available Mr Price for R 159, 00.

Utopia High Vamp Heels in a Nude colour available at Zando for R 179,
00.